Brown Alumni can borrow and make on-site use of materials at the Rockefeller, Sciences, and Orwig Libraries upon purchasing a Brown Card. To obtain a Brown card, please visit the Brown Card Office in person at Page-Robinson Hall, 69 Brown Street, 5th Floor, Room 511.
The John Hay Library is open to the public. Visit the John Hay Library website for information about accessing special collections materials.
Please review the visitor guidelines before making your way to a Library.
Online Resources
Since 2010, the Library has been offering a subset of licensed electronic resources to alumni, providing access to the full text of nearly 5,000 scholarly and business publications and newspapers. These can be accessed by logging into your myBrown account. More information is available on the Brown Alumni Association Benefits page.
In addition to the 5,000 resources available remotely, alumni may access nearly all of the Library’s electronic resources when using the public terminals in the libraries.
Stay Connected with Your Library
- Sign up for the Library e-newsletter
- View the archive of Library e-newsletters
- Become a Friend of the Library – Stay connected to your Brown University Library and support important initiatives like the Daniel G. Siegel ’57 Fellowship.
- Peruse the digital bookplates – Created in honor of donors who have established endowments, digital bookplates resemble traditional paper bookplates and link to materials that have been purchased using the endowment’s funds. Digital bookplates are also created to honor graduating Library student staff members.
- Give to the Library
- Donate materials to the Library